Beauty pageant verdict begets a crown of scorns

By Andrew Hornery

UpdatedSeptember 8, 2018 — 12.24amfirst published at 12.01am

Australia's freshly minted Miss World, Gold Coast veterinary nurse Taylah Cannon, will pack her diamante-encrusted plastic tiara and head to her victory tour of the Maldives tomorrow, but three of her five "ladies in waiting" will not be joining her following an ugly stoush that has engulfed the beauty pageant.